U-235 Studios have posted some incredible screenshots of their upcoming first person shooter called Retribution...
"Retribution is a new FPS currently in production. It is a partly funded project, with the prototype set to hit publishers doorsteps in November 2005."
The screenshots are very impressive, and I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more about Retribution in the future. Be sure to click the following link to check it out!
Issue 11 of the Game Developers' Association of Australia Newsletter (December 2004) has been released! Lots of coverage on the AGDC, wiith photos and descriptions of the some of the entries and the people who entered the unisgned games competition.
Make sure you sign up for the AGDC newsletter to receive them as soon as they are sent out. Back copies can be downloaded from the GDAA website.
AtomicmPC.com.au has a featured article summarising the past issues that the lack of R rating for games in Australia has caused. It details who the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) are, what they do, and have done. What the OFLC cannot do, however, is create a R classification, but they have voiced concern and conducted research numerous times on the matter, with the earliest being from six years ago...
"A 1999 report commissioned by the OFLC pointed out inconsistencies in…
In an article with Naughty Dog co-founder, Jason Rubin, on why he left the successful games company he created with a highschool friend, it was revealed that Jason could establish a game development studio in Australia...
Rubin says there is a chance of setting up a studio in Australia.
"You never know. It's beautiful. I love the beach.
"It's certainly possible. Certainly a part of it could be in Australia, because it will certainly be bigger than you might think."
Naughty Dog are responsible…
Submitted by Joseph Lieberman
Rebel to Repay $500 Million in Service in Cellblock Squadrons
Super Furious Software Launches New 3D Space Combat Game, Cellblock Squadrons!
Perth, Australia, Jan 24th, 2005 ? Super Furious Software, www.superfurious.com, announced today that their first title, Cellblock Squadrons, is officially ready for electronic distribution. You can download the free demo or purchase the game from their secure website.
Cellblock Squadrons takes the player out of the bogus, ?I…
Just a reminder that there is just one week left for voting in the Sumea Developer Awards 2004!
The awards has been a fine tradition for the site, with this being the third consecutive year for the event. If you haven't yet voted, please do so! Every vote does indeed make a difference, and this being the most stringent awards yet on Sumea, will be a great round up and summary of the great titles and the achievements of Australian and New Zealand developers of 2004. Get voting now!
WorthPlaying.com have their hands on a preview copy of Destroy All Humans!, an action game in development at Pandemic Studios, Brisbane...
Destroy All Humans is one of those rare games where I think just about any player could find something to like about it. It's enormously fun even in the much unfinished preview copy I got to look at, and I can only imagine how great it?ll be once everything's in place.
Good comments all round on various aspect of the game, so check out the preview and new…
I just saw this on Shacknews.com and thought it would be relevant to post here. Penny Drennan is doing research in computer games for her PhD at the University of Queensland and has put up a questionaire for all gamers to fill out..
"This questionnaire is designed to gather opinions about the behaviour of non-player characters (NPCs) that lessens player engagement in games. Engagement is the feeling of being deeply involved in a game, to the point that you may not notice time passing.…
Alex Prior
As part of their divorce from Pixar, over the next six months, Disney are intending to hire 200 Australian animators.
These jobs will be advertised on the Australian film and television news-site Screen Hub (www.screenhub.com.au).
Just thought the members might like to know.
Cheers